Review
“A great public service of a book.” –Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker
“An extremely valuable chronicle.” –Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW
About the Author
Since 2007, The Washington Post Fact Checker has held Democrats, Republicans, and advocacy groups accountable for their claims by awarding "Pinocchios" for false or misleading statements.
Glenn Kessler has been editor and chief writer of The Fact Checker since 2011 and has worked at The Washington Post since 1998. Kessler and his team earned an honorable mention in the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. He is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Salvador Rizzo is a national politics reporter for The Washington Post. He writes for the newspaper's Fact Checker unit and has fact-checked hundreds of claims from politicians and advocacy groups. He is a graduate of Emory University.
Meg Kelly is a video editor and reporter for The Fact Checker at The Washington Post. She has covered national politics since 2015--first at National Public Radio and, since 2017, with the Post's Fact Checker team. She graduated from Barnard College in New York.
